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maps seeking those big, important swing state votes. we get the latest from nbc's tracie potts. >> reporter: both candidates land in ohio today. so far here's what their travel schedules look like. governor romney visits seven states, including a rally in ohio tonight, with 100 supporters, politicians and celebrities. in virginia last night, he argued the president is running out of steam. >> he was just the other day talking about saving characters on sesame street and playing word games with my name and attacking me on a regular basis and attacks that he knows aren't true. >> reporter: president obama also visits seven states between now and election day with a focus on ohio. his must-win state. he'll be there every day between now and the election, making his closing argument, highlighting higher home prices and victories overseas. >> al qaeda has been decimated, osama bin laden is dead. so we've made real progress these past four years. >> reporter: the president picked up an endorsement from new york mayor michael bloomberg. earlie
maps seeking those big, important swing state votes. we get the latest from nbc's tracie potts. >> reporter: both candidates land in ohio today. so far here's what their travel schedules look like. governor romney visits seven states, including a rally in ohio tonight, with 100 supporters, politicians and celebrities. in virginia last night, he argued the president is running out of steam. >> he was just the other day talking about saving characters on sesame street and playing word...
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republican nominee mitt romney and president obama each hitting seven states total during the run-up to the election. coming up at 6:30, we'll have much more on the anxious end to this very long campaign in a live report from capitol hill. >>> it's 6:09. coming up, smuggling underwear from the inside out. it's an $11,000 heist at a bay area victoria's secret. very interesting. >> smuggling underwear from the inside out. nice. >>> plus orange and black confetti is still flowing after the parade. this is near dodger territory. we'll show you the late-night appearance from two giant power pitchers just ahead. >>> good for them. plus a bay area ipo and further look at all those jobs numbers, so important today in business news. >> reporter: and a short line here in the south bay for the ipad mini. the latest apple product to be released. coming up in just a couple hours. we'll talk to some of these people coming up. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the makin
republican nominee mitt romney and president obama each hitting seven states total during the run-up to the election. coming up at 6:30, we'll have much more on the anxious end to this very long campaign in a live report from capitol hill. >>> it's 6:09. coming up, smuggling underwear from the inside out. it's an $11,000 heist at a bay area victoria's secret. very interesting. >> smuggling underwear from the inside out. nice. >>> plus orange and black confetti is still...
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. >> reporter: in virginia he spoke up for president obama trying to increase a key swing state. governor mitt romney is trying to hold down iowa. a battleground state where he's fallen behind five points in the latest polls. >> it's with the vote of the people of iowa we can't lose. >> reporter: the candidates crossed paths within hours of each other as they barnstormed iowa and six other tossup states. making their final arguments in the last weekend of this campaign. ♪ >> reporter: while the president was joined by john mellencamp and katy perry, governor romney got a boost from nascar legend richard petty. >> this is what you hear when you're in a nascar race. >> with only two days of campaigning left, the candidates are just beginning their blitz of the battleground states. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> "the new york times" blogger nate silver says the latest statistics show that president obama leads in 19 out of 20 swing state polls. he predicted the 2008 election correctly using the same method. he says there's a 16% chance the state polls could be wrong and tha
. >> reporter: in virginia he spoke up for president obama trying to increase a key swing state. governor mitt romney is trying to hold down iowa. a battleground state where he's fallen behind five points in the latest polls. >> it's with the vote of the people of iowa we can't lose. >> reporter: the candidates crossed paths within hours of each other as they barnstormed iowa and six other tossup states. making their final arguments in the last weekend of this campaign. ♪...
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map seeking those all-important swing state votes. tracie potts is live on capitol hill tracking it all for us. this is it, finally the final weekend for those candidates and we'll actually have an election to talk about soon. >> reporter: we will, and we will actually have at that some jobs numbers to talk about. they just came out. the nation's new unemployment rate 7.9%. we saw more jobs created, but that rate still ticked up a bit. president obama likely to address that today as he visits ohio. he's also going to be in seven other states between now and election day. in fact he's going to be in ohio every single day, underscoring the importance of that battleground state. governor romney also in ohio tonight at a rally with 100 people who he says are supporters. these are big names. politicians, celebrities, standing behind him tonight. he will likely also talk about those jobs numbers saying that they're just not enough to sustain a recovery and he's got a better plan. meantime analysts are wondering if we could be headed toward
map seeking those all-important swing state votes. tracie potts is live on capitol hill tracking it all for us. this is it, finally the final weekend for those candidates and we'll actually have an election to talk about soon. >> reporter: we will, and we will actually have at that some jobs numbers to talk about. they just came out. the nation's new unemployment rate 7.9%. we saw more jobs created, but that rate still ticked up a bit. president obama likely to address that today as he...
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warning americans. >> please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. >> reporter: eight states plus washington, d.c., were declared federal disaster areas before the storm hit. west virginia was added early this morning. president clinton filled in in ohio. >> he got up this morning and called me and he said, i've got to go back right now, this storm is getting out of hand. i've got to handle it. and i said, mr. president, that is the right call. >> reporter: governor mitt romney scheduled a storm relief rally in ohio today. he and paul ryan are urging supporters to donate. >> swing by, give a hand. >> make sure we do our very best to help those that are being impacted by the storm. >> anything he says injects pure politics into it. and so you want to be careful if you're the romney team to keep an eye on it, obviously. but don't necessarily try to get in front of the story in any way. >> reporter: one week before the election, polls are tied, but campaigning at a standstill. >> i am not worried at
warning americans. >> please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. >> reporter: eight states plus washington, d.c., were declared federal disaster areas before the storm hit. west virginia was added early this morning. president clinton filled in in ohio. >> he got up this morning and called me and he said, i've got to go back right now, this storm is getting out of hand. i've got to handle it. and i...
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. >> the message that christie is sending voters is that obama is dog a good job. he's not a squacary socialist person. he's somebody who can be trusted. >> reporter: meantime today, governor romney also on the campaign trail focusing on virginia, a state where the polls are telling us this is a very tight race with the president having such a slim lead at the can't call it a lead, they call it a tie. meantime in new jersey, new york and other states, they're trying to figure out how they're going to get people to the polls and whether the polls will even be available in some cases considering putting up tents to make sure people get a chance to vote. laura. >> and all that damage left by the storm still a developing story this morning. it has been rough. we've seen flooding, we've seen fires and now an oil spill out there in woodbridge, new jersey, some 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaking from an oil tank facility. it is now out in the water separating new jersey from staten island, new york. about 200 workers there working very hard just trying to contain that
. >> the message that christie is sending voters is that obama is dog a good job. he's not a squacary socialist person. he's somebody who can be trusted. >> reporter: meantime today, governor romney also on the campaign trail focusing on virginia, a state where the polls are telling us this is a very tight race with the president having such a slim lead at the can't call it a lead, they call it a tie. meantime in new jersey, new york and other states, they're trying to figure out...
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this means more federal support for state and local efforts. and then in connecticut, this is what it looks like in milford. the storm surge combined with high tide swapping streemping s there. according to the american red cross, almost 11,000 people are waking up in red cross shelters across 16 states all because of sandy. now, sandy is also making life difficult for travelers, even those who are not trying to get to the northeast. stephanie is live at sfo with more on why the storm is affecting flights all over the country. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: marla, good morning to you. you know some good news, i did speak with an employee here at sfo this morning who said really the number of people sleeping here last night is on par with the usual number. if you're in terminal 2, it was a very popular spot for some folks. some dozens of flights cancelled, most of them to and from the east coast. now, this morning off camera we caught up with some tired travellers. two of them headed back home to calgary in canada, had their 9:00 p.m. fli
this means more federal support for state and local efforts. and then in connecticut, this is what it looks like in milford. the storm surge combined with high tide swapping streemping s there. according to the american red cross, almost 11,000 people are waking up in red cross shelters across 16 states all because of sandy. now, sandy is also making life difficult for travelers, even those who are not trying to get to the northeast. stephanie is live at sfo with more on why the storm is...